Afghan women forced from banking jobs as Taliban take control
Fears over Afghan women's rights continue after the Taliban take control of around third of the country’s 34 provincial capitals in a week
Mega-blazes put spotlight on Europe's firefighting tactics
Disaster experts call for a pivot to prevention techniques to staunch wildfires scorching in Greece, Italy and Algeria, but former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said a unit which used them was scrapped in austerity measures
Tears and anger as Greek island residents face wildfire aftermath
Residents of the Greek seaside village of Rovies mourn a lost paradise scorched by wildfires that burned for nine days
Afghanistan on brink of 'humanitarian catastrophe', UN agencies say
More than 250,000 people have been forced from their homes since May, 80 percent of them women and children
Greek pine honey threatened as wildfires destroy hives and forests
About 40% of Greek pine honey is collected in the rolling mountains of Evia's north now ravaged by wildfires
EXCLUSIVE: Cocoa giant in Brazil slave labour probe says it can't trace supplies
Olam International is being sued by Brazilian prosecutors for allegedly failing to address labor abuses in its supply chain
Extreme weather sounds alarm for under-insured China
Many local governments in China, especially those in typhoon-prone areas, have embraced such insurance, but regulators and experts say more needs to be done
Tropical storm Fred over Hispaniola, races toward Cuba and Florida
Fred was forecast to hug Cuba's east and central northern coast on Thursday before heading toward Florida early Friday morning
Blazes flare anew in Greece but spare ancient Olympia
More than 500 fires have burned across Greece in the last week, forcing the evacuation of dozens of villages and thousands of people
To hit climate goals, Indonesia urged to ban new palm oil plantations forever
Home to the world's third-largest tropical forests and also its biggest palm-oil producer, Indonesia introduced a three-year freeze on plantation permits that expires in September